the white house says the threat of an iranian attack on israel is " real and viable". warnings of the uk could be facing a doctor retention crisis in the nhs. and what sparked the brightest burst of light every recorded? scientists solve the cosmic question, but has it unlocked more mysteries? millions of people in kazakhstan have been transfixed by the trial of a former government minister who's accused of torturing his wife and beating her to death. prosecutors say former economy minister quandyq bishimbaev murdered 31—year—old saltanat nukenova in a vip booth of a restaurant. he denies the allegations and insists that she was "drunk" and "provoked him with aggression".

he says she died from self—sustained injuries. that defence has caused a public outcry in the country, where 400 women die from domestic violence every year, according to statistics from un women. every day, police in kazakhstan receive about 300 reports of domestic abuse, yet the punishment is generally a fine and a restraining order. now women's right activists are demanding a new law that fully criminalises domestic violence. earlier, i spoke to kazakh journalist?zarina akhmatova about the case. in kazakhstan, it's indeed a big case, a case of utmost importance for our country, capturing the attention of millions of viewers who tune in to watch the trial unfold four days a week from from 9am—6pm. it's notjust

in kazakhstan where the trial is making a really big waves, but across all the world and our russian—speaking region. and this is an unprecedented, as you mentioned, case in history in kazakhstan where the trial to be broadcast live and for there to be such attention to the court hearings in kazakhstan. i would say that the case has shaken the entire country. i don't remember such scale of public attention to the trial ever in kazakhstan. i guess this is because the case exposed many painful sore points in kazakhstan. corruption, the issue of human rights, the imperfection of legal system. but the plight of women rights is really maybe a core element of public discussion now here in kazakhstan. historically, women has always had always been at risk.

they are vulnerable. we feel ourselves insecure, and women have experienced violation for a long time. and the case that there was no law to criminalise domestic violence, butjumping ahead, i would say that yesterday was a big day for kazakhstan because finally our parliament has approved in two regions the law on women's rights and child safety, which is what the public demand for a really, really long time. in 2017, in kazakhstan, the article on domestic violence was decriminalised. it means that abusers were punished only administrative code, not the criminal one. and after 1000 days, more than 5000 statements were sent to the parliament. and the petition, online petition, to criminalise domestic violence collected more

than 150,000 signatures. kazakh journalist zarina akhmatova. the prime minister of norway, jonas gahr store, has said his country is ready to recognise an independent palestinian state. he was speaking in oslo alongside his spanish counterpart, pedro sanchez, who is travelling to european capitals in search of support for palestinian recognition. mr sanchez is also due to meet the leaders of ireland and poland this week. the norwegian prime minister said his country will move on the issue in coordination with spain. norway stands ready to recognise a democratic palestine, authorities that can run both the west bank and gaza. we are supporting the palestinian authority and the new prime minister. meanwhile, after six months of war in gaza, essential medical services have

almost completely collapsed there. the world health organization has described the state of health care in the palestinian territory as being "beyond words". the european gaza hospital in the city of khan younis is one of the last functioning health care facilities in southern gaza. a handful of british doctors, a dozen or so, have been allowed in to help with the huge numbers of casualties. one of those doctors is victoria rose, a consultant plastic surgeon from guy's and st thomas�*s hospital in london. she spent two weeks there and hasjust arrived home. this is her story. so, here we are, we've made it across the border. the day's been pretty long, actually. we left cairo this morning with the un convoy. i was last here in 2020,

and it's completely different. it's like a different entity. inside, they've tried to keep the sort of working areas very clean. the floors are very clean. there's somebody sweeping all the time. but once you get into the corridors, it's full of people in tents. they've made sort of makeshift tents out of sheets and carpets. and it's not clean, and outside it'sjust mayhem. it's like a massive village. it stinks. it's raw sewage. it's unacceptable for people to live like this. she's sleeping by the bedside. so we were operating until last night at midnight. we finished our last case, but the general surgeons have been going all night. you can hear the drones again.

explosions. this is my first case. he's a young boy who's been hit by a car, got a scalp laceration and degloving. he was taken to theatre last week, and his scalp was closed. but unfortunately, now some of the skin has died, so we are going to take him back to theatre and see if we can sort out his scalp. we've had a bit of a delayed start because there's been quite a lot of bombing this evening. so we've. .. ..we've got quite a lot more work coming to us tomorrow. and i'm kind of in that situation now where ijust, i just want a ceasefire so that we can catch up. so, this is the field hospital. there's four wards that were all built during covid. it's tuesday, the 2nd of april, and the drones are back.

so i'm walking back to theatre on my own, which is something that the boys don't really like me doing. i don't know whether you can see, i have like a group of children constantly following me and saying hello. hello. and then they will ask me for money or they'll ask me for chocolate. money? yeah. i haven't got money. just walking through the hospital again. i've got three days of operating left, and i'm already panicking about the fact that we're not going to get through everybody that we need to get through before i go. it is, i know now, it's going to be very difficult to leave, and i'm not looking forward to it. but i've now... i'm now out of all my vac sponge dressings. i've just got canisters. oh, i wish i'd brought more. i really wish i'd brought more.

i've just been round to the girls�* room, where the female medical students live. this is the best team i've ever worked on in my entire life. thank you. and i've had the best two weeks ever. thank you for your help. i hope they all get to qualify. i don't know, i don't know how...that�*s going to happen. but i think they'll all make really good doctors, and god knows, gaza needs some doctors right now. that was the story of victoria rose, consultant plastic surgeon at guy's in st. thomas�*s hospital in london

who spent two weeks in gaza and has just arrived back home. here in the uk, the nhs could be facing a potential crisis as it tries to retain doctors. the general medical council says action is needed now to try to reduce the number of medics going to work abroad. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports. medical royal college leaders say low morale, the working environment and pay and conditions were factors behind doctors considering their future outside the nhs. now the general medical council says there's evidence that a trend may be developing, including a survey revealing that 30% of doctors said they were likely to move abroad to work in the next 12 months. the number actually leaving has been stable in recent years and the chief executive said surveys should be treated with caution, but there were grounds for concern. i think it is a wake—up call. it's another data point that shows that we need to take action now to make sure that we are retaining the doctors and indeed other health care professionals on whom we rely.

it's not rocket science. there are places that do this well, and we need to be replicating that more across the board. mike is a junior doctor. he moved to new zealand early last year. he was attracted by salaries and better working conditions. i work eight hours less a week for the same pay, so i guess proportionately it is a higher wage per hour. and then also the pay for additional shifts is a lot higher, especially at the moment. if things don't change dramatically in the next couple of years, it's going to be difficult to go back to that. the department of health and social care covering england said doctors were hugely valued and the long term workforce plan would increase the numbers trained and improve culture. hugh pym, bbc news. just hearing that the legendary italian fashion designer roberto

cavalli has died at the age of 83. known for his prints and patterns and his innovative printing techniques. he is died after a long illness at his home in florence. we will have more on that as it comes in. still to come on the world today, could the commonwealth games return to scotland if no other suitbable host is found? and we'll head to madagascar, where the next generation of ecowarriors are learning how to protect endangered green turtles. around the world and across the uk, this is the world today on bbc news.

the minimum age limit for using whatsapp in the uk and europe has been lowered from 16 to 13. the technology company meta, which owns it, says it's bringing the region into line with the us and australia, but campaigners have called it a "highly irresponsible" approach to child safety. meanwhile, a bbc investigation has

found that children as young as ten are being added to whatsapp groups containing inappropriate material. here's martin lindsay. i noticed a real personality change in our 12—year—old. after some coaxing, she told me she'd been added to a whatsapp group. i immediately removed my child from the group and deleted it. this is one mum's story and a real fearfor many parents. i was shocked to see inappropriate sexual images, racism and swearing among the messages. we've got someone else to voice her words so we don't identify her or her child. her daughter, who's 12, was added to this whatsapp group, and we've seen some of the content, which included sexual images, pictures of mutilated bodies and racist comments. screenshots we've seen showed it had more than 900 members, and it also meant children's phone numbers were in the hands of strangers. she also told me a boy had

called her as a result of getting her number from the group and had invited his cousin to talk to her, too. thankfully, she was savvy enough to end the call and replied to their text messages saying she was not prepared to give them her surname or tell them where she went to school. it's an incredibly disturbing case to have heard about, and the fact that primary school—age children have been added to this group and seeing such dangerous content that they don't want to see and they don't want to be exposed to is incredibly upsetting. it comes as an urgent message was sent to parents from tyneside schools which warned of another whatsapp group encouraging self—harm. it said 500 children had been added and it was targeting year 6 pupils, which is ten or ii—year—olds. the question of who set up the group and for what purpose is now the subject of a police investigation. meta, which owns whatsapp, says, "we give all users options to control

who can add them to groups, and the first time you receive a message from an unknown number, you can block or report it." i felt sick to my stomach. she's only 12, and now i'm worried about her using her phone. i find it absolutely terrifying. martin lindsay, bbc news, tyneside. and now to space. researchers have discovered the cause of the brightest burst of light ever recorded. it's from an exploding star 2.4 billion light years away. the light earned the nickname of boat, brightest of all time. here on earth, belgium has opened an investigation into suspected russian interference in the european parliamentjust weeks before elections injune. the prime minister, alexander de croo, says meps have been paid to work for moscow with the immediate aim of getting more pro—russian politicians elected. he says in the long—term, the aim is to weaken european support for ukraine. he says he's been in contact with the czech republic, which has

opened its own investigation. people in the flooded russian city of 0renburg have been told to leave immediately as water levels keep rising. parts of russia and kazakhstan are fighting what has been described as the worst flooding to hit the region in about eight years. about 100,000 people have been forced from their homes in kazakhstan in the last week. flooding has been caused by several major rivers bursting their banks because of rapidly melting snow and ice. glasgow has offered itself as a potential host for the 2026 commonwealth games. the games were last held there in 2014. glasgow could be a back—up after the australian state of victoria withdrew as hosts last july because of rising costs. the commonwealth games federation has said it is "considering multiple proposals". more from the newsroom.

could glasgow save the troubled 2026 commonwealth games? victorio stood down their bid and that means two years out from the event, it still does not have a host. commonwealth games scotland and have provided what it says is an innovative concept that may prove to be a solution. let's take a look at that concept now. in this plan, they would be a reduced budget of between 130- £150 would be a reduced budget of between 130— £150 million. there would also be a reduced pool of sporting programmes of between 10—13 sports. that's down from 20 in birmingham two years ago. it would also see the use of existing sporting venues and accommodations utilised, meaning that no more facilities would need to be built. the chair of

commonwealth games scotland said that... he added... earlier this week, the commonwealth games federation said it was considering multiple proposals with a decision expected by the end of may. to madagascar, where the next generation of ecowarriors are learning how to protect endangered turtles. turtle island, as it's known, is home to the green turtle, which is not only threatened by predators, but by plastics, too. that means only three eggs out of every 1000 hatch, but local children are on hand to help. they are being taught lessons in conservation,

with hopes they can help the turtles thrive for years to come. as we mentioned a little earlier, the legendary italian fashion designer roberto cavalli has died at the age of 83. he was known for his flamboyant prints and patterns and his innovative printing techniques. he died in his home in florence after a long illness. let mejust tell you that the iran backed hezbollah group in northern israel and southern lebanon says the idf identified a0 launches, some of which were intercepted. a corner has ruled the death of ten

protestant men on a minibus ambushed near the village of kingsmill in county armagh in 1976 were due to an overtly sectarian attack by the ira. the men were travelling home when their bus will stop by a group of 12 men who ordered them to get out and to state that religion. 0ne catholic on board was allowed to flee as the men then opened fire, killing ten and seriously injuring one other. a new inquest was ordered in 2013 after a investigation into troubles era violence concluded the men were targeted because of their religion. 0ur correspondant jennifer 0'leary has been following the inquiry.

what happened that january night in 1976 in south armagh is described as one of the most sectarian attacks in the dark history of the troubles. a minibus carrying a group of workmen was on his way to the village of kingsmill when it was ambushed by the ira and cynically the corner described today in court behind me, the ira made it appear as though it was a british army patrol which is why the minibus stopped and the men got off the bus. there were 12 men in all that got off that bus on that fateful evening. and one of the ira gunmen shouted out, "who is the catholic?" and what's tragically poignant about what was to follow, 12 men were lined up about the minibus and there was only one catholic on the bus. and his hand was squeezed by a protestant work colleague, and for some reason the ira knew that that man was a catholic because nobody there spoke and

they told him to leave. and what followed was a brutal massacre. the gunmen opened fire on the 11 protestant workmen, and all were intended to die. now, one it survived miraculously, alan black, who you may be able to see the wheelchair behind me. he survived the attack despite being shot 18 times because he played dead. and as he lay there, he could hear the terrible sounds from his work colleagues who were dying. and there was a second burst of gunfire, and what the corner described as the ira finishing off those men, including an 18—year—old collect of alan black who was crying out for his mother as he lay dead. now the attack proved controversial at the time. no organisation ever claimed responsibility, albeit it was long known and long acknowledged that it was the ira. and today in court, many decades after that attack, one

of the findings of the inquest that has been going on a number of years is that it was carried out by the ira under the authority of the army council. jennifer 0'leary reporting there. the england football captain harry kane's three eldest children have been taken to hospital with minor injuries after a car crash. it happened in germany, near munich, on monday, where he plays for bayern. the children, aged between 3—7, are said to be "fine" and were only admitted to hospital "for a check—up". his work has been displayed around the world but now the british sculptor anthony gormley�*s latest installation is to go on display close to home in norfolk. hundreds of cast iron sculptures weighing 680 kilograms or about £1500 have been disputed across part of parkland. we had this report.

100 figures, 300 acres. this is an exhibition in which comfortable shoes might be helpful. it's estimated you'll probably have to walk for three hours to see it all. it's a mixture of art, nature, and a ramble set ..and, i fear, if the last few months are anything to go by, rain and birdsong. but installing this hasn't been quite so peaceful. can you just beam out a little bit, colin? each gormley iron:man weighs 620 kilograms. this is art on an industrial scale. but this is, of course, far from new for antony gormley. he's the artist, after all, who installed his iron:men on crosby beach, the sea off margate and the mountains of austria.

and his most famous and biggest sculpture can be seen on the side of the a1 near gateshead, the angel of the north. these eerie, alien iron visitors have become an increasingly familiar part of the british landscape. time for the weather now with being rich. hello. temperatures for some of us today got up into the high teens, the low 20s celsius — particularly where we saw some sunshine — but don't expect those warm conditions to last. it's actually going to turn cooler this weekend. 0ften windy, the wettest weather towards the north and the west of the uk. today, we've had this feed of south or south—westerly winds bringing this relatively warm air, but notice some colder air lurking out in the atlantic. that will head our way as westerly winds start to kick in through the weekend. those westerly winds moving in behind various different frontal systems. here comes one. not much more than just a little bit of showery rain, certainly more cloud with that.

most places, i think, will be largely dry through the night. some further hefty showers into north—west scotland, where it will be windy. it's going to be mild to take us into saturday morning. so, for saturday, a couple of different weather fronts to pass across the uk. this first one here bringing some mostly fairly light, showery rain. this next weather front here bringing some more intense downpours across northern ireland and the north—west of scotland. some heavy, thundery downpours are possible. between the rain bands, we will see some spells of sunshine and what will be quite a windy day, particularly across northern areas, gusts of a0 mph or more, but a pretty windy day wherever you are. temperatures in the south—east corner getting up to 20 degrees celsius. further north and west, it will be turning cooler as the day wears on, and actually saturday night could be quite cold. we could see a touch of frost in northern areas. these weather fronts moving out of the way, a window of drier weather, but we're into those westerly winds and that chillier air mass by this stage. sunday is going to be a sunshine and showers day. it could be a frosty start

for some northern areas, then some spells of sunshine. showers getting going, particularly across northern ireland, scotland, northern england, some down into wales. some of the showers wintry over the highest ground in the north. not as many showers down towards the south—east corner, 9—15 degrees. that is about where we should be temperature—wise for this time of year. now, monday, we'll see this area of low pressure passing across the uk. we'll see showers or longer spells of rain, some pretty blustery winds as well. the showers becoming fewer and further between as we head deeper into next week. temperature—wise, well, around the average for the time of year.

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the context on bbc news. the estimates, and it actually comes from two us officials, is that iran is preparing a strike against israel that we use more than 100 drones, dozens of cruise missiles, and perhaps ballistic missiles as well. we are watching this very very closely. we still deem the potential threat by iran here to be real, to be viable, certainly credible. i spoke to — we're not expressing any serious concern or alarm. most of them i spoke to say we live with this all the time. there was some resignation about it. there wasn't any sense of heightened concern or imminent threat and how they felt.

coming up this hour — us officials have warned that iran